It would be neat to see some of the group build planes "under construction" photos.
Here is my corsair in progress Photos.

Looking good Timber Wolf ! Now, if only I could figure out how to post pics I'd terrorize you fella's with photos of my stumbling efforts.

Tread.

Heck, I'm just trying to do a good enough job that 'ladymodelbuilder' doesn't laugh at me. #:-)

Nice lookin' so far but I can't wait to see your in progress paint photos. I finally got my corsair painted this weekend and have spent the last two days sunfading and weathering it with the ole airbrush. I haven't taken any picks because I'm not sure its going to be for the group build (I technically already had it in progress at start time).

You guys are way further along than me. I'm working on the Accurate Miniatures Avenger and, my, what an interior! It's going to take a while to finish that (I've just sprayed it Interior Green today, not much worth posting pictures for yet), and then I still have the three scheme camo to do. Methinks I must redouble my efforts.


He he, Tread. Same here, I haven't built an airplane for a while, and even then, they weren't that good.

Nic

Okay Timber, I'll take your challenge, lol. Photos'll be up on my website by this evening

Damned day job gets in the way #:-)

Your Corsair looks tres sharp

Awww - now I feel like I'm slackin'!!! Gotta get my little Satellite Launch Vehicle at least painted and photographed to hold my head up high with this group...

The F4D-1 Skyray is gonna come afterwards...

Gunnie

My Avenger is coming along slowly, but hey, I'm glad that some of these Armor guys are stepping up to the challange of building an aircraft kit......


Tread, You don't need to worry about me laughing at you.....

I just finished my Corsair :-) :-) :-) Go here to see it (Ladymodelbuilder just use the pics on the site to use for the MSN gallery)

Nice lookin' Corsair Timber. That was a fast paint job!

That just popped up on Greatmodels website, so I had to post it... :-) :-) :-)

About my F2H-2 banshee... All I've done is take the parts of the sprues. That's it. Dosen't really pay to post a picture of it, I guess.

YodaMan

Nice one YodaMan!

My Tomcat is coming along fine! Had to scrape a lot of plastic from the vertical stabilizers though. Haven't attached them yet. Built all the missiles in my spare time. Don't have a camera at home but just imagine an unpainted Tomcat with no canopy, no landing gear and no vertical stabilizers

Can't wait to see it Penny. As for me, I guess I can post a construction update.
Got all the sub assemblies cleaned, prepped & glued except the cockpit. Next stage is filling and sanding. Throw a little primer on there and sand again.

Tread.

Gotta work on this documentation.........

That funny, I was in there retail store last week and saw the original sitting on the counter. I was going to ask them for a copy but got distracted and forgot to, but I have one now! While I was at there store I picked up the last parts I needed for my avenger so I will be able to start in a couple weeks after I finish up a couple loose ends.

Starting to feel some panic now... Haven't recived my Hellcat yet, and since I have finished 0 kits this year, things are not looking good...

I wish someone could pay me just to build models, because it feels like I always work and have no time for my models...

Oh, very bad of me... I haven't started my model yet !

Lo and behold, my camera works again!!!!!! It's alive, it's aLIIIIIIIIVVVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEE


http://www.geocities.com/modelcitizen62/anchorroundelgal5.html?1029460528605 #:-)

Mike, nice looking so far. Rippling of the panels? I have to admit-that's a new one. I understand the effect your going for but have never seen it done-to my knowledge.

The pics look great, Mike. Could you explain the rippling effect. I don't even know what it is you're trying to do with it. Also, how do you go about rescribing?

Nic

Thanks Bryan and Nic.

I pirated this one from a FineScale Modeler article from about six or seven years ago. Basically, you scrape VERY shallow grooves along rivet and panel lines with a curved-edge scalpel blade. The grooves are then sanded and smoothed to make the surface look like aluminum alloy skin that has been riveted, stressed and generally "oil-canned."

I worked from some photos in the Corsair In Action and a Watanabe cutaway on this one, drawing pencil lines along where I wanted to scrape. And since Corsairs had spot-welded skin attachments . . . voila, no rivets! Good practice for if I ever do a B-52

For rescribing, I borrow a bunch of different techniques. My favorite tool is the back edge of an X-acto No. 11 blade, but occasionally I use a carbide scriber or a needle in a pin vise. For guides, I use a 6-inch steel ruler, a steel drafting erasing shield, and Dymo label tape. Some curves I'll freehand by starting with shallow X-acto cuts followed by scribing with the back of the blade.

And if the panel line is too fiddly for my deteriorating eyesight, lol, I'll wait until after painting and finishing and just draw the line with a 0.5 mm mechanical pencil with HB lead.

Nothing I invented -- just borrowing from what I've read or seen.

Finaly got my Hellcat. Will post pictures on my web page as the work progresses... But right now it's still in the box. Nice looking kit by the way

Only problem I have right now is how to get the white underside to look good. Any suggestions?

Prime with light gray first. The Brits always mention Halford's spray primer, and I use PlastiKote spray auto primer with good results.

HTH

The corsair I have built has a white underside as well. Instead of painting it pure flat white, I added some neutral gray to the mix to knock the white down some. I also painted the entire model this mixture first and then came back and worked my way through the tri-color camo so I painted the darkest color last. This way you won't be painting a lighter color over a darker one and take the chance of the dark color affecting the shade of the lighter one. Make sense...lol!

Ok, guys....
My in progress pic of my TBF-1C Avenger is on my web page.... the link is below...

It's in the current projects section....

Hi Penny,

Looks good so far. Are you scratchbuilding the cockpit interior details, or are those part of the kit itself?

Well, my 1/72 Hellcat is coming along surely and sloooowly! Had planned to scratchbuild the cockpit details, but at that scale, I'd propabbly end up breaking more than making any. So I've dumped the idea. I'll do it mostly OOB, but the markings will be different from that of the kit provided.

Will post some pics once I have some stuff avlbl..

BP.

Saw your avenger Penny, looks great so far.

I need to find a camera and get pics of mine up.